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By Daniel Brown and John Hickey Staff writers Josh Donaldson, who will return to Oak- land on Tuesday for the first time since his stunning trade, remembers some great times with the A’s. He also remembers a low point. Before a game against the Giants early in his career, Donaldson glanced up at the AT&T Park video board to see the batting averages posted next to the lineups. Donaldson was batting a paltry .082 at the time. Making things worse, he noticed that Barry Zito — the opposing pitcher! — was batting .133. Sports WWW.MERCURYNEWS.COM ||| WWW.CONTRACOSTATIMES.COM ||| WWW.INSIDEBAYAREA.COM 001 SECTION C Page 2 Earthquakes prepare for tough test against Manchester BAY AREA NEWS GROUP ||| TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015 2 I By Doug Ferguson Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scot- land — Zach Johnson cra- dled the silver Claret Jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spir- ited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to go in the Brit- ish Open, right after mak- ing a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday, but only as a spectator. The slam gone, Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & An- cient clubhouse to watch Johnson finish off a ster- ling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff, and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open. Johnson described himself as a “normal guy” Playoff win sweet for ‘normal guy’ Johnson Iowan captures his second major title; Spieth falls short in bid for Grand Slam LEADER BOARD (Final round and overall scores) THE WINNER Zach Johnson 66 — 273 -15 THE RUNNERS-UP Marc Leishman 66 — 273 -15 Louis Oosthuizen 69 — 273 -15 THE NAMES Jordan Spieth 69 — 274 -14 Jason Day 70 — 274 -14 Adam Scott 71 — 278 -10 Phil Mickelson 69 — 281 -7 Rickie Fowler 73 — 282 -6 Dustin Johnson 75 — 284 -4 FOUR-HOLE PLAYOFF Johnson 15 -1 Oosthuizen 16 E Leishman 18 +2 British Open Tim Lincecum’s long, lingering Giants goodbye unofficially started almost two years ago, and now he has gotten to the very quiet part. Actually, it’s the invis- ible part, which might last for the final few months of his very fruit- ful nine-season Giants career. Lincecum made his 261st career start as a Giant on June 27, had to leave in the second inning after getting hit on the right arm by a line drive and is on the disabled list. Lincecum’s long farewell nears its end By Andrew Baggarly [email protected] SAN DIEGO — Tim Hudson is nearing the end. He knew that already. When you are a 40-year-old major league pitcher, and your surname isn’t Moyer or Niekro or Ryan, you understand that you are a flickering candle. And as much as your teammates might respect you, they need a dependable light source to keep from whacking into furniture. Hudson could not light the way in the Giants’ 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres on Monday night. He came off the disabled list and did not Hudson’s return isn’t encouraging Pitcher fails to retire a batter in fifth as win streak halted TUESDAY’S GAME Giants (Chris Heston 9-5) at San Diego (Odrisamer Despaigne 3-6), 7:10 p.m. CSNBA Padres 4, Giants 2 Gone, hardly forgotten Former teammates fondly recall All-Star third baseman, who’s hitting up a storm for Toronto TUESDAY’S GAME Toronto (Mark Buehrle 10-5) at A’s (Kendall Graveman 6-5), 7:05 p.m. CSNCA Ex-A’s star Donaldson returns to Oakland with Blue Jays “I wouldn’t say I was hurt (about being traded), because I understand that baseball is a business. But I was shocked.” — Josh Donaldson. PHOTO BY TOM SZCZERBOWSKI/GETTY IMAGES Josh Donaldson of Toronto, shown being congratulated after a home run against Boston earlier this month, has been a leader for the Blue Jays. “And I was thinking, ‘I don’t know if this baseball thing is going to work out,’ ” Don- aldson joked. He laughed at the memory. The baseball thing worked out just fine. Donaldson’s hitting totals soon surpassed Zito’s, and just about everybody else’s. The Toronto Blue Jays third baseman arrives for the three-game series at O.Co Coliseum ranked among the American League lead- ers in almost every significant offensive category. Donaldson is batting .288 with 22 home TIM KAWAKAMI COLUMNIST INSIDE Lincecum suffering from hip degeneration. PAGE 4 STUART FRANKLIN/GETTY IMAGES Zach Johnson kisses the Claret Jug after winning the 144th Open Championship. “Wow. Almost. Nothing quite like @TheOpen at St Andrews. We fought hard. Very proud of a role model and friend of mine @ZachJohnsonPGA” @JordanSpieth Names in the news TWEET OF THE DAY KARL MONDON/STAFF ARE VIRTUAL REPS THE THING TO KEEP BACKUP QBS SHARP? How does a team’s backup quar- terback stay mentally game-ready when the starter needs nearly all the practice reps himself? Virtual reality, of course. And the 49ers became the second NFL team to sign on with Stanford-based STRIVR Labs, to see whether Blaine Gabbert (above), who appeared in just one game as Colin Kaepernick’s backup a year ago, can be aided by virtual reps. The company was founded by former Stanford kicker Derek Belch, who came up with the technology as part of his thesis project. He enlisted former Cardinal quarterback Trent Edwards — and even coach David Shaw — to be among his early investors and team members to help bring the device to market. Edwards has been making the rounds with Belch, and their client list thus far is impressive: Auburn, Vanderbilt, Clemson and Arkansas. Now the 49ers join the Cowboys as NFL clientele.“As all teams do, we are constantly searching for meth- ods to better prepare us for game day.We are confident that STRIVR Labs can provide an advantage,” 49ers G.M. Trent Baalke said in a statement. MAKING IT RAIN FOR BLATTER Sepp Blatter probably should feel good that people still are paying attention to his sullied reign as FIFA boss. A British prankster interrupted his news conference Monday by throwing a stack of money into the air and saying, “Here ya go, Sepp. It’s all there.”According to the BBC, the man later tweeted: “Excited to be at Fifa meeting Sepp Blatter to secure the #NorthKorea2026 World Cup.” According to the BBC, the man, Simon Brokdin, interrupted Kanye West’s set at Glastonbury last month and attempted to board the plane with the England soccer team headed to the World Cup in Brazil last summer. MORGAN WILL JOIN MESSI ON COVER — AND IN ACTION Now this is the kind of off-the- field development women’s soccer needs: Alex Morgan will grace the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA 16 along with Lionel Messi when it’s released in September. (Canadian star Christine Sinclair will be paired with Messi across the border.) Sharing video game cover space with Messi is nothing to sniff at in a world — gaming — often even more dominated by males than sports. It doesn’t hurt matters that this isn’t just a matter of style; there is also substance. For the first time, gamers will be able to choose be- tween men’s and women’s players. “I’m so honored to be featured on the cover of #FIFA16. Thank you @EASPORTSFIFA!” Morgan tweeted. Morgan was certainly the U.S. women’s superstar first, and these decisions don’t happen overnight, but no one could blame World Cup star Carli Lloyd for feeling a tad bit slighted today. RAIDERS ROOKIE EVEN TAKES VIDEO GAME RATING SERIOUSLY In other video game news, Raiders receiver Amari Cooper is the highest-rated rookie in Madden 16 — a nice badge of honor for the young, newly minted millionaires who log lots of couch time when they’re not on a football field. But apparently his place above Jameis Winston and Todd Gurley didn’t satisfy the determined Coo- per, who says of his ranking on an EA Sports video: “That’ll go up.” PHILIPP SCHMIDLI/GETTY IMAGES See KAWAKAMI, Page 4 See BRITISH, Page 2 LENNY IGNELZI/ASSOCIATED PRESS The Giants’Tim Hudson gave up three runs in four innings in his first start since June 26. See A’S, Page 4 See GIANTS, Page 4
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By Daniel Brown and John HickeyStaff writers
Josh Donaldson, who will return to Oak-land on Tuesday for the first time since hisstunning trade, remembers some greattimes with the A’s.
He also remembers a low point. Before agame against the Giants early in his career,Donaldson glanced up at the AT&T Parkvideo board to see the batting averagesposted next to the lineups.
Donaldson was batting a paltry .082 atthe time. Making things worse, he noticedthat Barry Zito — the opposing pitcher!— was batting .133.
SportsWWW.MERCURYNEWS.COM ||| WWW.CONTRACOSTATIMES.COM ||| WWW.INSIDEBAYAREA.COM 001 SECTION C
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Earthquakesprepare for toughtest againstManchester
BAY AREA NEWS GROUP ||| TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015
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By Doug FergusonAssociated Press
ST. ANDREWS, Scot-land — Zach Johnson cra-dled the silver Claret Jug inhis arms. Jordan Spieth letit slip through his fingers.
Spieth was right wherehe wanted to be in his spir-ited bid for the Grand Slam— tied for the lead withtwo holes to go in the Brit-ish Open, right after mak-ing a 50-foot birdie puttthat made it feel as thoughhe were destined to win atSt. Andrews for his thirdstraight major.
And he was still there at
the very end Monday, butonly as a spectator.
The slam gone, Spiethgraciously returned to thesteps of the Royal & An-cient clubhouse to watchJohnson finish off a ster-ling performance of hisown. Johnson rolled in a30-foot birdie putt on the18th hole that got him intoa three-man playoff, and heoutlasted Louis Oosthuizenand Marc Leishman to winthe British Open.
Johnson describedhimself as a “normal guy”
Playoff win sweet for ‘normal guy’ JohnsonIowan captures his second major title;Spieth falls short in bid for Grand Slam
LEADER BOARD(Final round and overall scores)
THE WINNERZach Johnson 66 — 273 -15
THE RUNNERS-UP
Marc Leishman 66 — 273 -15Louis Oosthuizen 69 — 273 -15
THE NAMES
Jordan Spieth 69 — 274 -14Jason Day 70 — 274 -14Adam Scott 71 — 278 -10Phil Mickelson 69 — 281 -7Rickie Fowler 73 — 282 -6Dustin Johnson 75 — 284 -4
FOUR-HOLE PLAYOFF
Johnson 15 -1Oosthuizen 16 ELeishman 18 +2
British Open
Tim Lincecum’s long, lingering Giantsgoodbye unofficiallystarted almost two yearsago, and now he hasgotten to the very quietpart.
Actually, it’s the invis-ible part, which mightlast for the final fewmonths of his very fruit-ful nine-season Giantscareer.
Lincecum made his261st career start as aGiant on June 27, hadto leave in the secondinning after getting hiton the right arm by a line
drive and is on the disabled list.
Lincecum’slong farewellnears its end
By Andrew [email protected]
SAN DIEGO — Tim Hudson is nearingthe end. He knew that already.
When you are a 40-year-old majorleague pitcher, and your surname isn’tMoyer or Niekro or Ryan, you understandthat you are a flickering candle. And asmuch as your teammates might respectyou, they need a dependable light source tokeep from whacking into furniture.
Hudson could not light the way in theGiants’ 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres onMonday night.
He came off the disabled list and did not
Hudson’sreturn isn’tencouragingPitcher fails to retire a batterin fifth as win streak halted
TUESDAY’S GAMEGiants (Chris Heston 9-5) at San Diego(Odrisamer Despaigne 3-6), 7:10 p.m. CSNBA
Padres 4, Giants 2
Gone, hardly forgotten
Former teammates fondly recall All-Star third baseman, who’s hitting up a storm for Toronto
TUESDAY’S GAMEToronto (Mark Buehrle 10-5) at A’s (KendallGraveman 6-5), 7:05 p.m. CSNCA
Ex-A’s star Donaldson returns to Oakland with Blue Jays
“I wouldn’t say I was hurt(about being traded),because I understand thatbaseball is a business. But Iwas shocked.”
— Josh Donaldson.
PHOTO BY TOM SZCZERBOWSKI/GETTY IMAGES
Josh Donaldson of Toronto, shown being congratulated after a home run against Boston earlier this month, has been a leader for the Blue Jays.
“And I was thinking, ‘I don’t know if thisbaseball thing is going to work out,’ ” Don-aldson joked.
He laughed at the memory. The baseballthing worked out just fine.
Donaldson’s hitting totals soon surpassedZito’s, and just about everybody else’s. TheToronto Blue Jays third baseman arrivesfor the three-game series at O.Co Coliseumranked among the American League lead-ers in almost every significant offensivecategory.
Donaldson is batting .288 with 22 home
TIM KAWAKAMICOLUMNIST
INSIDELincecumsufferingfrom hipdegeneration.PAGE 4
STUART FRANKLIN/GETTY IMAGES
Zach Johnson kisses the Claret Jug afterwinning the 144th Open Championship.
“Wow. Almost.Nothing quitelike @TheOpen atSt Andrews. Wefought hard. Veryproud of a rolemodel and friend of mine@ZachJohnsonPGA”@JordanSpieth
Names in the news
TWEET OF THE DAY
KARL MONDON/STAFF
ARE VIRTUAL REPS THE THINGTO KEEP BACKUP QBS SHARP?
How does a team’s backup quar-terback stay mentally game-readywhen the starter needs nearly all thepractice reps himself? Virtual reality,of course. And the 49ers becamethe second NFL team to sign on withStanford-based STRIVR Labs, to seewhether Blaine Gabbert (above),who appeared in just one game asColin Kaepernick’s backup a yearago, can be aided by virtual reps.
The company was founded byformer Stanford kicker Derek Belch,who came up with the technology aspart of his thesis project. He enlistedformer Cardinal quarterback TrentEdwards — and even coach DavidShaw — to be among his earlyinvestors and team members to helpbring the device to market. Edwardshas been making the rounds withBelch, and their client list thus faris impressive: Auburn, Vanderbilt,Clemson and Arkansas.
Now the 49ers join the Cowboysas NFL clientele. “As all teams do, weare constantly searching for meth-ods to better prepare us for gameday. We are confident that STRIVRLabs can provide an advantage,”49ers G.M. Trent Baalke said in astatement.
MAKING IT RAIN FOR BLATTERSepp Blatter probably should
feel good that people still are payingattention to his sullied reign as FIFAboss. A British prankster interruptedhis news conference Monday bythrowing a stack of money into theair and saying, “Here ya go, Sepp. It’sall there.” According to the BBC, theman later tweeted: “Excited to be atFifa meeting Sepp Blatter to securethe #NorthKorea2026 World Cup.”
According to the BBC, the man,Simon Brokdin, interrupted KanyeWest’s set at Glastonbury lastmonth and attempted to board theplane with the England soccer teamheaded to the World Cup in Brazillast summer.
MORGAN WILL JOIN MESSION COVER — AND IN ACTION
Now this is the kind of off-the-field development women’s soccerneeds: Alex Morgan will grace thecover of EA Sports’ FIFA 16 alongwith Lionel Messi when it’s releasedin September. (Canadian starChristine Sinclair willbe paired withMessi acrossthe border.)Sharing videogame cover spacewith Messi isnothing to sniff atin a world — gaming— often even moredominated by malesthan sports.
It doesn’t hurt matters that thisisn’t just a matter of style; there isalso substance. For the first time,gamers will be able to choose be-tween men’s and women’s players.“I’m so honored to be featured onthe cover of #FIFA16. Thank you@EASPORTSFIFA!” Morgan tweeted.
Morgan was certainly the U.S.women’s superstar first, and thesedecisions don’t happen overnight,but no one could blame World Cupstar Carli Lloyd for feeling a tad bitslighted today.
RAIDERS ROOKIE EVEN TAKESVIDEO GAME RATING SERIOUSLY
In other video game news,Raiders receiver Amari Cooper isthe highest-rated rookie in Madden16 — a nice badge of honor for theyoung, newly minted millionaireswho log lots of couch time whenthey’re not on a football field.
But apparently his place aboveJameis Winston and Todd Gurleydidn’t satisfy the determined Coo-per, who says of his ranking on anEA Sports video: “That’ll go up.”
PHILIPP SCHMIDLI/GETTY IMAGES
See KAWAKAMI, Page 4
See BRITISH, Page 2
LENNY IGNELZI/ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Giants’ Tim Hudson gave up three runsin four innings in his first start since June 26.
See A’S, Page 4
See GIANTS, Page 4
